The Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has urged students to develop an interest in studying mathematics since that was the easiest subject to study and clear their minds of the misconception that “mathematics was a difficult subject”.
He explained that, once they clear their mind of the misconception that mathematics was a difficult subject, they could develop an interest in the subject and spend time studying it.
Dr Adutwum gave the advice when he presented three boxes of “The Cockcrow” books to final year students of the Saint Mary’s Roman Catholic Girls Basic School at Korle Gonno in Accra on Friday.
The donation of the books was in fulfilment of a promise he made last year, during the National Tree Planting exercise in the school, where he adopted the students, who were then in the second year.
The Cockcrow is the approved book for the literature aspect of the English Language section of the upcoming Basic Education Certificates Examination (BECE).
Apart from the Minister donating the books, he spent time teaching Mathematics and English language during the visit.
He assured them of his readiness to continue visiting them to encourage them to study hard as well as liaising with the school authorities and their parents so he would organise vacation classes for them to enable them to improve on their performance.
Dr Adutwum reminded the girls to take a keen interest in their education and should not allow their peers to distract them from their studies.
Choice of school
Regarding the choice of schools, the Education Minister urged the students not just to choose any school because their friends were going to that school, but to look at the courses they offered.
He commended the teachers in the school and the rest of the country for the good job they were doing in training the future leaders of the country.
The Headteacher of the School, Miss Patience Addy, lauded the Education Minister for honouring his promise of supporting the students. She was also happy that the Minister spent time teaching and mentoring the students, which would go a long way in influencing their education development.
In another development, Minister Adutwum has commended The Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Church of Ghana for its support towards the socio-economic development of the country.
The Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, who made the commendation said the church’s effort at promoting quality health care and education development in the country among others was commendable and worth emulating by other churches in the country.
Dr Adutwum announced this at the inauguration of the Adventist Men Ministry in Kumasi on Saturday.
The formation of the Men Ministry was aimed at bringing all Adventist men in 28 districts in the Ashanti region together to support evangelism, raise funds for charity work as well at train their members to be good fathers.
The Education Minister recounted how the church through its training institutions and health facilities across the country had impacted positively on the lives of many people to complement the government’s effort toward the country’s development.
Dr Adutwum who is also the Member of Parliament for Bosomtwe pledged the government’s readiness to partner with all development partners in the country to push the nation’s development forward.
He was upbeat that if all development partners in the country continue to put in place suitable measures and initiatives to complement the government’s effort, there was no way the country would not develop.
He stated that the huge investment being made by the government in the education sector attested to the importance the government attached to education and urged all stakeholders in the country to complement the government’s effort at developing the country.
The Education Minister mentioned the Free Senior High School (FSHS) as one of the crucial policies which stood the chance of changing the fortunes of the nation’s economy over time since it would train many of the nation’s youth with the right skills to empower them economically.
“The fortunes of this country will transform tremendously in the next few years as a results of the FSHS initiative since the youth would soon be exposed to higher education which would transform their future”. He said.
Dr Adutwum, again stated that the introduction of Science, Technical, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education in the country are all geared towards the transformation of the nation.
He assured the people that the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo government would ensure that the Ashanti region would have its fair share of the national cake.
The President of the South Central Conference of the Adventist Church in Ghana, Pastor Dr Antwi Mensah, urged the men in the church to pay their taxes as good citizens and as their civic responsibility towards the development of the country.
He also advised them to ensure that they strengthen their families by creating an enabling environment to ensure peace in their homes at all times.
Story by Felix Baidoo
